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Student News Quiz

Weekly Student News Quiz: College Protests, School Lunch, Bird Flu

C.S. Muncy for The New York Times

Above is an image related to one of the news stories we followed this past week. Do you know what it shows? At the bottom of this quiz, you'll find the answer.

Have you been paying attention to current events recently? See how many of these 10 questions you can get right.

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Joao Silva/Associated Press

Thirty years ago, millions of South Africans voted in their first democratic election, electing Nelson Mandela as president and delivering a death blow to the system of racial segregation that had ruled the country since 1948. What was the name of that oppressive system?

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Jay Janner/USA Today Network, via Reuters

Since Columbia University started cracking down on pro-Palestinian protesters occupying a lawn on its campus, protests have spread to other colleges and universities across the country. What has become a visible feature of these protests?

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Audra Melton for The New York Times

The Agriculture Department announced on April 24 that it had finalized a new rule to bring school meals more in line with federal dietary standards. What will the new rules limit?

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Angelos Tzortzinis/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

What is going on in this picture, which was taken on April 23 in Athens?

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Will Dunham/Reuters

Trillions of noisy, red-eyed insects, pictured above, are emerging from the earth after more than a decade of feeding on tree roots. What are they called?

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George Walker Iv/Associated Press

Nearly a year after Tennessee's deadliest school shooting, state lawmakers passed a controversial bill that would allow what?

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Jeff Lewis/Associated Press

Why is Caleb Williams, pictured above holding a selfie stick, so happy?

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Bruna Prado/Associated Press

The Biden administration on April 24 said that it would begin requiring which animals moving across state lines to be tested for bird flu?

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Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times

What did a new study published on April 29 in JAMA Pediatrics show may protect against developing depressive symptoms, anxiety and attention among children and adolescents?

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Yara Nardi/Reuters

The Venice Biennale began earlier this month. What is it?